Where is my time?

Charles was a knight at 1260 he was usual to awake early and get his sword and make exercise during all day, he exercise bother on horse and feet, he was very robust and courage and reckless. He got up on horse and begun the ride. After one mile he seen skyscrapers and cars; he was very astonished, and he seen around and he didn’t understand what he was looking, and he was more astonished because people was looking him and he asked because this interest, he got off the horse and asked a man that was looking at it with fear because he thought that he was publicity alone, but Charles spoken strange words, and he asked: “Who is lord of this feud? Answer plebeian”, but poor man was scared, and Charles drew his sword and menaced man, and again asked: “Who is lord of this feud?”, man didn’t answered with wide eyes, and a voice answered: “I am lord that you are searching”, Charles turned immediately and he looked a lord with armature and long sword, and Charles asked: “Who are you?”, and warrior answered: “Who you are searching, but I no want fight I want that you go on that street, because it isn’t your time”. Charles gone to border of city and he turned back on his horse and he saw no one, but and great dazzling light took him and he was in other space and time, he saw warriors with short sword and beards, they were concentrated in front for others soldiers that were very strange for clothing, they were, may, oriental; improvise Charles felt a hand on the shoulder and he turned back and he saw a man with beard and hair very long and he said: “From 13^th century to 384 before Christ you have run very much”, and Charles didn’t know where and whom see. Because he asked immediately: “Where am I?” and his guide answered in Jerusalem at 1099, Christian army has conquered the city and they have took holy sepulcher, then now Jarusalem is Christian”; Charles saw very much warriors and celebrations for this conquest; he turned back and he saw the sea and he wanted take a dip; and he dived and when he resurfaced he saw around and he seen a great square and a man fixed on door of church two posters with written much rules that Charles red and he asked to a monk: “What is it?” and monk answered: “It’s disaster but God want it I have written it”, and Charles asked: “What time is it?” and other man next him answered: “We are at 1517, and you are out your time, it is better if you look back”, and Charles made it and he saw again his castle and he ridden on the horse and entered to his castle and he got off the horse and entered to lunchroom, where were very much knocking and they were seated around table, one of them asked: “Charles we are waiting young from very much time, where was you?”, and Charles answered: “Around time”. and he looked faces of  his guests, and he recognized the monk, the guide and everybody worriers and he asked: “Are we met?”, and guide answered: “May, but at other time”, and Charles asked to everybody, while he looking them: “Where is my time?” and citizen that he met during his swim in Jerusalem answered: “same our ask”, and he continued: “don’t worry somebody is going to write this history, and somebody, may, is going read it, but these are problems that don’t concern us” and he by contacting the author: “You write and don’t disturb!”

Alessandro Lusana